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Plain Language for Course Creators: Enhancing Clarity and Engagement

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Use Active Voice Course enrollments must be completed by Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Tips to Write for Clarity and Understanding Put information in logical order, with the important details first. Use an active voice, with a clear “actor “in your writing. Use an active voice, with a clear “actor “in your writing.

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Informal Learning

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While formal training plays a tremendous role in improving learners’ competencies, most real learning occurs on the job through informal knowledge sharing, coaching, and direct observations. Thus, informal learning is now becoming an indispensable part of a blended learning solution.

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Accessibility Matters: The Fundamentals of Achieving Accessible Content

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. – to ensure that information and activities are sensible, meaningful, and usable for as many people as possible. While much of accessibility work focuses on ensuring people with disabilities have equal access to online information and activities, it benefits everyone.

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How Gagné’s Nine Events of Instruction Can Make Your Online Courses Better

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For example: Start off with attention-grabbing graphics or video clips featuring interactive scenarios about the subject matter, which will require your students to focus and engage with your content. Inform Learners of Objectives. Your objectives should be stated within the first few pages of content. Provide Feedback to Learners.

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Breaking Down Barriers: How UDL Transforms the Learning Experience

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This is an example of what a student with a learning disability (LD) often experiences after taking a traditional quiz or exam. For example, to be successful on a multiple choice quiz, students must possess a high level of reading comprehension, understand word or application problems, and be able to retrieve specific types of information.

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Maryland Historical Society Teams Up with CourseArc to Deliver Free Online Education

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“The Maryland Historical Society was already well-positioned to disseminate the curriculum to our K-12 audiences, informing not just classroom teachers, but the district level Social Studies coordinators who are also facing significant pressure to facilitate instruction during these times.” For more information, visit [link].

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Maryland Historical Society Teams Up with CourseArc to Deliver Free Online Education

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“The Maryland Historical Society was already well-positioned to disseminate the curriculum to our K-12 audiences, informing not just classroom teachers, but the district level Social Studies coordinators who are also facing significant pressure to facilitate instruction during these times.” For more information, visit [link].